After graduating from Bellarmine College in 1973, brothers John and Jesse Flynn began patching asphalt and paving driveways out of the bed of a pick-up truck over the summers to supplement their teaching incomes. 

By 1980, when younger brother Ed Flynn joined the company, the firm was well beyond their humble roots.

Jim Rice joined the company as a partner, bringing with him his reputation and experience in engineering and construction.

Flynn Brothers Contracting, Inc. became an employee-owned company.